Performance Improvement Contracts in London

Performance Improvement
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Performance Improvement skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance Improvement over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 385 447
Rank change year-on-year +54 +62 +137
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 10 17 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.082% 0.098% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.11% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 39
10th Percentile £390 - £270
25th Percentile £505 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £443 £600
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% -26.17% -1.64%
75th Percentile £645 £588 £738
90th Percentile £690 £830 £788
England median daily rate £575 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +35.29% -22.73% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Performance Improvement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,263 15,405 23,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.18% 88.53% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,597 11,053 16,838
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 310 268
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.90 £18.35
25th Percentile £23.33 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.83 £39.21
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -29.04% +9.68%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £63.35 £66.78 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -23.29% -2.14% +49.20%

Performance Improvement
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Performance Improvement as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Improvement in London

Performance Improvement
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in London.

Daily rate trend for Performance Improvement in London

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Improvement in London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Improvement in London

Performance Improvement
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Improvement in London.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Improvement in London

Performance Improvement
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the London region over the 6 months to 24 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +13 3 £400 -29.52% 1
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Power Query
2 1 (10.00%) PowerPivot
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Advertising
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Local Government
5 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (20.00%) C# Developer - Investment Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Excel Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) IAM Developer
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Service Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (10.00%) VBA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (20.00%) REST
2 2 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
3 1 (10.00%) KnockoutJS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (20.00%) BPR
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Business Development
2 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (20.00%) Collateral Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Process Management
2 2 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (10.00%) VBA
3 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Databricks
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow